A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Karangbolong in Indonesia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/15 / 2015-11-07 05:56:38 / November 7, 2015 @ 5:56 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.29 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47.29 km, 105.0624° East, -6.3246° South. Event id: us10003vg1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vg1. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:56:38 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bandarlampung, Labuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 102 km (64 miles) from Bandarlampung (c. 800 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Labuan (c. 33 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km WNW of Karangbolong, Indonesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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